Re: [asa] Apologetics Conference

Michael:
A very interesting example! My dictionary defines a motte as a mound on
which a castle was erected, so your hummock could well be partly
designed by humans and partly not designed. I would not hold my breath
waiting for assistance from Dembski!
Don

Michael Roberts wrote:

> Deciding on whether something is designed or not is not easy to say
> the least.
>
> One of our favourite days out is to go to the Yorkshire Dales and en
> route we go up the Lune Valley which was carved out by a glacier.
> Just before hitting the hills of the dales the terrain is very
> hummocky as one passes through a drumlin swarm with little hills (some
> glacial debris) up to 100ft high. Approaching one village there was a
> superb example and I thought they were more like kames - similar to
> some seen by Darwin in N Wales. A little later I was looking at my
> map (1:25000) and found that these were "motte and bailey" i.e mound
> of a Norman castle. Having lived within 200 yards of a motte in Wales
> I was familiar with the obvious artificial structure of that motte,
> but this one looked natural. What I would need to do is to dig
> trenches in the side of the dales motte and look for stratification -
> if it was well-developed that it was non-human.
>
> Meanwhile my provisional conclusion is that it is a kame built up by
> the Normans in about 1100 AD. I wonder what mathematical and
> statistical tests Dembski could provide to help me to decide!
>
> Michael
>
> PS If you are a lover of bottled beer then the old 1960s Landrover has
> a superb design feature. There is a little fold of steel below the
> steering wheel which is perfectly designed as a bottle opener when you
> are driving down a dirt road at 50 mph. Tell me of another vehicle
> with such a useful design feature!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freeman, Louise Margaret"
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> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:56 AM
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